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A downgrade, not an upgrade

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 34 / 42
Date: March 23, 2000
Author: Amazon User

The best part of Risk 1 was Ultimate Risk. Strategic attack and defense options, generals, terrain difficulties, and forts, made for ever changing and stimulating gameplay. The only problem was the computer AI which caused some opposing forces to make moves contrary to common and tactical sense. I was looking forward to playing Risk 2 against more intelligent opponents.

Microprose, a quality game developer, decided not to include Ultimate Risk in Risk 2. It now has a variation called simultaneous Risk. All players make all attack decisions at once for a turn, then you press a button and the attacks are carried out. There is no flexibility to change tactics based on changing fortunes of war.

This brings us back to playing only Classic Risk on a board that looks graphically like it was taken from a DOS game in 1993. The battle boxes are graphically state of the art. I watched the battles unfold a few times, said, "Cool," and turned them off to speed up gameplay.

I uninstalled Risk 2 from my computer and am back playing Risk 1, Ultimate Risk, one of the great games of the 90's in my opinion.

Very Disapointed

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: April 17, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I was expecting something similar to RiskI and was totally disapointed, there are no map options as in the first installment. Though the Battle graphics are good, it slows down the game so much if you kept them on it would take forever to go through one round. I felt cheated out of a really good game. The lack of choice in maps I felt downgraded the game. I enjoyed playing the first, in large part because the map options changed the way the game was played. in closing save your money.

A downgrade, not an upgrade

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 34 / 42
Date: March 23, 2000
Author: Amazon User

The best part of Risk 1 was Ultimate Risk. Strategic attack and defense options, generals, terrain difficulties, and forts, made for ever changing and stimulating gameplay. The only problem was the computer AI which caused some opposing forces to make moves contrary to common and tactical sense. I was looking forward to playing Risk 2 against more intelligent opponents.

Microprose, a quality game developer, decided not to include Ultimate Risk in Risk 2. It now has a variation called simultaneous Risk. All players make all attack decisions at once for a turn, then you press a button and the attacks are carried out. There is no flexibility to change tactics based on changing fortunes of war.

This brings us back to playing only Classic Risk on a board that looks graphically like it was taken from a DOS game in 1993. The battle boxes are graphically state of the art. I watched the battles unfold a few times, said, "Cool," and turned them off to speed up gameplay.

I uninstalled Risk 2 from my computer and am back playing Risk 1, Ultimate Risk, one of the great games of the 90's in my opinion.

Very Disapointed

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: April 17, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I was expecting something similar to RiskI and was totally disapointed, there are no map options as in the first installment. Though the Battle graphics are good, it slows down the game so much if you kept them on it would take forever to go through one round. I felt cheated out of a really good game. The lack of choice in maps I felt downgraded the game. I enjoyed playing the first, in large part because the map options changed the way the game was played. in closing save your money.

About as fun to play as it is to download

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: December 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The first few times, sure the game was kinda fun, giving a refreshing feel to the good ol' risk game. But after a few times of playing against the various 'a.i.' or number generators, i began to realize that the 'skill' of the pc wasn't based on their tactics as a leader, but on the amount of dice roles they'll win. If thats what passes for an impressive 'a.i' then its a wonder that the programer can even type his name into a computer, let alone be able to write any sort of respectable tactical program. Also the pc players will go out of thier ways to attack the player, often completely avoiding breaking up other pc's continents or picking a player's strong point over a pc's weak point. This is a cheaply designed knock off of risk and doesn't deserve to hold the same name. (and i'd like to run into the a.i. programer in a dark alley someday)

New Version by Atari is garbage

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: May 30, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The Ultimate Risk made by Hasbro was great. Atari screwed it all up and makes it look like a toy soldier game. If you are into toy soldiers get the atari garbage. If you are into strategy games try to find the hasbro version.

This Version by Atari is Terrible

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 19, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This version by Atari is pretty bad. The sound cannot be shut off even if you select that option. The game terminates suddenly by itself for no apparent reason and Atari/Hasbro/Microprose does Not have a patch. Every now and again, a computer player is able to move troops across several countries, say from Australia to Europe. Even in fast mode, there is still so much animation in each dice throw that the game is very very slow....figure 10 to 15 secs per dice roll - and there are A LOT of dice rolls. The AI is mediocre and it occasionally does some strange things.

I hope an improved version comes out that allows for short fast games with little or no animations.

Not near as good as the former Risk I had for Win 95...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 5 / 8
Date: August 31, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I wish I knew what the JC in the title stood for. I thought this was an improvement on the Win 95 version of Risk I had years ago. This one isn't nearly as user friendly or fun.

Truly a disappointment--falls FAR short of potential.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 9 / 13
Date: June 25, 2003
Author: Amazon User

First the good news: you can play classic risk by yourself or with a friend and let the computer take care of some of the work. (The board game is still MUCH more fun with friends!) More good news: you can play "same time," which is a really interesting twist on the classic game, and it's only feasible on the computer--all players issue simultaneous battle orders! It's offers some brain-tweaking fun to figure it all out.

The bad news: the AI (the computer players) are dumb as posts, and I'm not much of a gamer. I could have gotten to harder AIs, but I didn't have the patience to work my way through all of the lower levels. Why not let us play at a harder setting to begin with? More bad news: no saving games! Worst of all: you have to endure a slow pace! Unlike the original computer Risk, which came out in the late 1980s, you can't just flip through the battles--the game only allows you to speed it up a tad: so you could be playing speed games on the computer, but it won't let you! Tedious!

While "same time" is really interesting, the fact that you're stuck playing AI numbskulls detracts a lot. This game is best-suited for young players, perhaps ages 9-14.

I look forward to seeing Castle Risk and Risk 2210 on the computer, as well as further variations such as "same time". And I look forward to the obvious corrections demanded by this game.

Letdown

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: January 11, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This is a step down from Hasbro's earlier version of Risk, which featured 5 different maps to play on, beautiful graphics and a better interface. This one has only the classic Risk board, which gets dull in a hurry. The battle interfaces are awkward and ugly and the computer opponents consistently inept. Save your money, or look for the previous version.

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